questions about xset

Doll, Margaret Ann margaret_doll at brown.edu
Tue Oct 25 20:24:29 UTC 2011 

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann <margaret_doll at brown.edu
> wrote:

> Installing Mathematica on my mac did not help with the display from the
> head node on the cluster.
>
> I copied over the Fonts directory from the head node for Mathematica to my
> mac.  I installed the fonts in a
> /usr/local/mathematica/7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts directory on my mac.
> I then linked .fonts in my home directory to the new Fonts directory.
>
> That did not help.
>
> .fonts -> /usr/local/Mathematica/7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts
> ls .fonts
>
> AFM    BDF    SVG    TTF    Type1
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann <
> margaret_doll at brown.edu> wrote:
>
>> As root I edited
>>
>> /etc/X11/fs/config to add the lines on the head node of the cluster
>>
>> /share/apps/Mathematica7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1,
>>         /share/apps/Mathematica7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts/BDF,
>>         /share/apps/Mathematica7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts/AFM
>>
>> I restarted xfs on the head node
>>
>> service xfs restart
>>
>> I checked my firewall on the head node of the computer clustrer
>>
>> netstat -nlp | grep 7100
>> unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     9788554
>> 5359/xfs            /tmp/.font-unix/fs7100
>>
>> I then logged into the head node from my Mac using "ssh -Y"
>>
>> As a regular user, my xset path does not contain the Mathematica fonts.
>> And Mathematica still gives me the "bad font message"
>>
>> My local computer is a Mac, 10.6.
>>
>> I am installing Mathematica on my Mac now to see if that makes a
>> difference in the display.
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Nigel Wade <nmw at ion.le.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On 25/10/11 16:24, Richardson, Joshua A. wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just a quick guess, but have you actually verified the path you are
>>>> trying to set exists?  You may need to physically copy the fonts from the CD
>>>> to the machine.
>>>>
>>>> http://shortrecipes.blogspot.**com/2009/06/mathematica-xset-**
>>>> bad-font-path-element.html<http://shortrecipes.blogspot.com/2009/06/mathematica-xset-bad-font-path-element.html>
>>>>
>>>> Joshua A. Richardson
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@**
>>>> redhat.com <redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com>] On Behalf Of Doll,
>>>> Margaret Ann
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:09 AM
>>>> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>>>> Subject: questions about xset
>>>>
>>>> CentOS release 5.6 (Final)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We have Mathematica 7.0 installed on our computer cluster, but are
>>>> unable to
>>>> get the display to work.   The initial trademark comes up, but not the
>>>> rest
>>>> of the application.
>>>>
>>>>  mathematica&
>>>> [1] 2527
>>>> [mdoll at ted ~]$ xset:  bad font path element (#1149), possible causes
>>>> are:
>>>>     Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
>>>>     Directory missing fonts.dir
>>>>     Incorrect font server address or syntax
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mathematica says that the problem is
>>>>
>>>> Font Installation
>>>> All machines that display the front end must have access to the fonts
>>>> included with *Mathematica*. If the *Mathematica* process is running on
>>>> a
>>>> remote machine and the front end is displayed on the local machine, the
>>>> X
>>>> server on the local machine must know where to find the *Mathematica*
>>>> fonts.
>>>> To do this, add the *Mathematica* fonts to the local font path by
>>>> running a
>>>> command like the following on the local machine.
>>>>
>>>> xset fp+ /usr/local/Wolfram/**Mathematica/8.0/SystemFiles/**Fonts/Type1;
>>>> xset fp
>>>> rehash
>>>>
>>>> Be sure to execute xset fp rehash to make the fonts available to the
>>>> local X
>>>> server.
>>>> For optimal onscreen performance, Type1 fonts should appear before BDF
>>>> fonts
>>>> in the font path. Hence,
>>>> $InstallationDirectory<http://**reference.wolfram.com/**
>>>> mathematica/ref/$**InstallationDirectory.html<http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/$InstallationDirectory.html>
>>>> >
>>>> /SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1 should appear before
>>>> $InstallationDirectory<http://**reference.wolfram.com/**
>>>> mathematica/ref/$**InstallationDirectory.html<http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/$InstallationDirectory.html>
>>>> >
>>>> /SystemFiles/Fonts/BDF. You can check the order of the font path by
>>>> executing the command xset q.
>>>>
>>>> *Note:* TrueType fonts are automatically loaded and do not require an
>>>> xsetcommand.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have tried
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> xset +fp
>>>> /share/apps/Mathematica7.0/**SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1,/**
>>>> share/apps/Mathematica7.0/**SystemFiles/Fonts/BDF
>>>> xset:  bad font path element (#1149), possible causes are:
>>>>     Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
>>>>     Directory missing fonts.dir
>>>>     Incorrect font server address or syntax
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> xset +fp
>>>> /share/apps/Mathematica7.0/**SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1
>>>> xset:  bad font path element (#1149), possible causes are:
>>>>     Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
>>>>     Directory missing fonts.dir
>>>>     Incorrect font server address or syntax
>>>>
>>>> What's going wrong?
>>>>
>>>> "xset q"   shows
>>>>
>>>> Font Path:
>>>>
>>>> /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/**usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,/**
>>>> usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/OTF,/**usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/**
>>>> usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:**unscaled,/usr/X11/lib/X11/**
>>>> fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/**X11/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/**
>>>> X11/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/**Library/Fonts,/System/Library/**Fonts
>>>>
>>>
>>> I presume when you say that it's installed on the cluster that you are
>>> using a remote X display.
>>>
>>> Have you installed the fonts on the client?
>>>
>>> You either have to do that, or setup the machine on which the fonts are
>>> installed as a font server. Then direct the local machine with the X display
>>> to the font server.
>>>
>>> If you login remotely, using for example ssh, and attempt to set the
>>> fontpath when logged in remotely this will fail. Font paths refer to the X
>>> server, not the X client. So the X server (on your desktop) has to have
>>> access to the fonts.
>>>
>>> For example, on my desktop I issue the following:
>>> xset +fp fontserver:tcp/7100
>>>
>>> to access the fonts on the host fontserver. This host is the machine on
>>> which Mathematica is installed. On fontserver it's necessary to add the
>>> Mathematica font directories to the font server, in my case it's an old RHEL
>>> 4 system, and the font configuration is in /etc/X11/fs/config. I've added
>>> the entries for Mathematica to the catalogue entry:
>>>
>>> catalogue = /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/**korean,
>>>        /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:**unscaled,
>>> ...
>>>        /opt/Wolfram/Mathematica/5.2/**SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1,
>>>        /opt/Wolfram/Mathematica/5.2/**SystemFiles/Fonts/BDF,
>>>        /opt/Wolfram/Mathematica/5.2/**SystemFiles/Fonts/AFM
>>>
>>> You then need to fire up the font server, in the RHEL 4 case it's handled
>>> by chkconfig, and the service is xfs. Finally, poke a restricted hole for
>>> port 7100 in your firewall, if you have one, so that clients can access the
>>> font server.
>>>
>>> Fonts in X are fun...
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group,
>>>            University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
>>> E-mail :    nmw at ion.le.ac.uk
>>> Phone :     +44 (0)116 2523548, Fax : +44 (0)116 2523555
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